Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: perverted
IPA transcription: [pɚv'ɝtɪd]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: depraved, perverse, perverted, reprobate
    Meaning: deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"
  • Synonyms: distorted, misrepresented, perverted, twisted
    Meaning: having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented; "many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality"; "a perverted translation of the poem"
  • Synonyms: kinky, perverted
    Meaning: (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes; "kinky sex"; "perverted practices"
Usage examples
  • There was for him in that affair a malignancy of perverted justice which, by means of a moral shock, attacked his vigorous physique.
  • Perhaps I rather restore the word, idea, to its original sense, from which Mr LOCKE had perverted it, in making it stand for all our perceptions.
  • If my figures are, as I believe, at least approximately correct, the sexually perverted tramps may be estimated at between five and six thousand; this includes men and boys.